George King (California)
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George H. King was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He joined the court in 1995 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. He served as chief judge of the court from 2012 to 2016. Judge King retired from judicial service on January 6, 2017.[1]
Mark Scarsi was nominated by President Donald Trump (R) to replace King on the Central District of California. Scarsi was confirmed in 2020.
Early life and education
A native of Shanghai, China, King graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with his bachelor's degree in 1971 and from the University of Southern California Law School with his J.D. in 1974.[1]
Professional career
- 1995-2017: District judge
- 1987-1995: Magistrate judge
- 1979-1986: Private practice, Los Angeles, Calif.
- 1980-1982: Hearing examiner, Los Angeles Police Commission
- 1975-1979: Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California
- 1974-1975: Private practice, Los Angeles, Calif.[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Central District of California
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: George H. King |
| Court: United States District Court for the Central District of California |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 64 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: April 27, 1995
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: June 27, 1995
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: June 29, 1995
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| Confirmed: June 30, 1995
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| Vote: Voice vote
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King was nominated to the United States District Court for the Central District of California by President Bill Clinton on April 27, 1995, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. The American Bar Association rated King Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on King's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 27, 1995, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on June 29, 1995. King was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on June 30, 1995, and he received his commission the same day. From 2012 to 2016, King served as chief judge of the Central District of California. King retired from judicial service on January 6, 2017.[1][3]
Mark Scarsi was nominated by President Donald Trump (R) to replace King on the Central District of California. Scarsi was confirmed in 2020.
Federal magistrate judge
King began his judicial career as a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He was appointed to an eight-year term as a magistrate judge in 1987 and served in that position until his presidential nomination and Senate confirmation as a district judge in 1995.[1]
Noteworthy cases
Bus shutdown case (2010)
Judge King ordered Tierra Santa, an interstate bus transportation company, to cease its operations on March 6, 2010, after a bus accident the previous day. The Federal Motor Carrier Administration ordered the company to stop operations, as the bus operator during that accident was operating illegally.[4]
See also
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
- United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed January 6, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 104th Congress," accessed January 6, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 351 — George H. King — The Judiciary," accessed January 6, 2017
- ↑ Google "Judge orders bus firm to stop interstate service," March 7, 2010
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat 104 Stat. 5089 |
Central District of California 1995–2017 Seat #26 |
Succeeded by: Mark Scarsi
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| 1993 |
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| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California
State courts:
California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts
State resources:
Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California
